Yea man, these early models are trash because of the no tilt feature and manual reverse lockout. I'm going with a full Alpha 1 upgrade and I have all the parts including the outdrive I pick up Sunday. So far I'll only be $600 deep in the conversion plus miscellaneous stuff so not too bad.
Yea its a cap with breather holes..they are low volume high pressure pumps with the reservoir on the bottom. They run ATF. It's what started this whole thing for me. There is zero info on these old pumps and even less parts unless for some reason you can salvage one out if an old boat. The newer pumps are high volume low pressure which means you need to change rams if you upgrade...newer ste rams requires newer outdrive which requires newer gimbal..etc. it's a domino effect. Might as well upgrade to an alpha 1 gen 1 assembly. I have 2 of the 1A/1B/1C outdrives if you're interested in them as well as the pump and complete assembly with 2 sets of rams. (edit: Rule #8)
Nice that will be a huge leap forward in reliability and parts availability…
